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Girls Actively Participating!

We are celebrating 25 years of empowering girls in the Tetons.

GAP! Mission:

Based in the Tetons, Girls Actively Participating! (GAP!) promotes the success of girls through education, self discovery, and community building.

GAP! Hosts Hats Off to GAP! Girls Luncheon

and Local Boss Babes that Support their Empowerment!

To both celebrate and champion Boss Babes in our community, GAP! will host our annual fundraiser luncheon on Thursday, May 2nd from 12:00 - 1:30 pm at The Cloudveil Hotel in Jackson Hole, WY.

BOSS BABES OF GAP!

There are many inspirational Boss Babes who support our GAP! girls, and we want to take a moment to recognize them. These women lead purposeful lives in our community and leave a positive impact. They dedicate their time to organizations like GAP! and help empower young girls along the way. We have complete admiration for these incredible women. They serve as real-world examples of navigating womanhood for our young, impressionable GAP! girls. Our heartfelt thanks go out to these remarkable Boss Babes.

SUMMER 2024
REGISTRATION

Summer Activity Series: Tons of Girl Power Fun!

Due to so much interest in our summer programming we will do our best to accommodate the need in our community.

Scholarships available for all activities.
Space limited, signup ASAP!

Contact Elly Garrett, Executive Director for more information on the programs. Email: gapgirljh@gmail.com / Phone #: 307-413-1181

SPRING 2024
REGISTRATION

UPDATE: These days have been updated as of 1/26/24, sorry for the confusion on the previous flyer.

Middle School: JHMS
Elementary School: Wilson & Munger

Scholarships available

Contact Elly Garrett, Executive Director for more information on the programs. Email: gapgirljh@gmail.com / Phone #: 307-413-1181

After registering above, don’t forget to pay for your registration fee of $60 per semester
and optionally contribute to GAP! snacks

Teton Valley

Rendezvous Upper Elementary School
Teton Middle School
Alta Elementary School

Scholarships available

Contact Elly Garrett, Executive Director for more information on the programs. Email: gapgirljh@gmail.com / Phone #: 307-413-1181

 
 
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Girls Actively Participating!

GAP! leadership programming is based off of critical research done around today's most successful women from many walks of life. Research shows that thriving women possess three characteristics that allow them to become ninjas in their life endeavors: competence, confidence, and community connectedness. Meetings with our elementary and middle school participants are designed to enhance these characteristics through personal empowerment and active community experiences. More Information

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Thanks to our Generous Supporters

With their support, our girls build confidence, engage in self-discovery, stand in personal truth and make new friends, all with grace and grit.

 
 
 

Raising Girls

Raising Girls was conceived and developed by Jackson Hole-based mother of two Carrie Kirkpatrick in 2010. Wanting to learn from experts and share with other parents, Carrie convened an initial event with a panel of three local counselors and a very engaged audience. Seeing strong interest in the general topic, she committed to continuing the discussion in a public forum.

Raising Girls and The Equipoise Fund coalesced in late 2010 when Carrie and Equipoise President Mickey Babcock recognized not only the complementary nature of their two endeavors, but also the potential synergy and capacity-building of collaboration.

*Three dynamic Raising Girls events a year inspire thought and dialogue to help girls thrive!

Past Raising Girls Events (see Event Notes for more details)

  • How to Talk about Suicide with your Kids: tools & language for important conversations

  • Book Discussion of “Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls,” by Lisa Damour, Ph.D.

  • Body Image Discussion with panel of experts

  • Presentation of film, SCREENAGERS NEXT CHAPTER

  • “Emotional Life of Girls” facilitated community discussion

  • “1000 2-Minute Conversations community discussion about talking about sex

  • Partnership to host Dan Siegel at the high school, center for the arts, and various workshops with teachers and mental health workers

  • Presentation and Discussion of film, SCREEAGERS

  • Partnership with Community Safety Network to present the Hunting Ground film

  • Parent Daughter Workshop to give girls and parents tools for difficult situations.

  • Discussions of “Odd Girl Out” and “Curse of the Good Girl” by Rachel Simmons

  • “A Path Appears” Screening & Parent-Daughter Discussion

  • workshops with Catherine-Steiner Adair, ED.D

  • teen panel and parent discussion of a teen’s digital life

  • multiple speaker events with Dr. Leonard Sax, MD, PhD.

  • speaker event with Dr. Christine Carter

  • Book Discussion: Your Daughter’s Bedroom

  • Women, Healing & Empowerment Luncheon with keynote speaker Becca Stevens

  • Sheryl Sandburg’s “Lean In” Community Book Conversation

  • “How Girls Thrive” book discussion

  • an evening with Peggy Orenstein

  • Guest speaker Meg Meeker

  • panel discussion on teen dating, “Common Sense Media” presentation

  • panel discussion for fathers.

In 2015, Raising Girls became a program of Girls Actively Participating!